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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Please help me - writing a book?Question: Please help me - writing a book!? im writing this book & im not exactly sure how everything is gonna work out yet!.most of it is based on emotion!. i think i might lead the book with the girl getting on drugs (NOT based on me) & there is one part where she starts hullicinating and goes into depression cause she thinks she sees her mom!. any ideas!? and nothing stupid and gross please!. thanks lots :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: :D I love how everyone thinks that it should be a romance! Hm!. Although I think that the whole romance thing is a good idea in itself, maybe she should!.!.!.hm!.!.!.well, what this situation reminds me of is the book 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' by Ned Vizzini!. It's about a guy who almost attempts suicide and goes to a rehabilitation center!. It's a different sort of situation than what you're writing, but I think it might give some good background, and maybe some inspiration for you!. On a personal note, I think that the plot idea is very interesting and deep!. Maybe a bit more background on WHY she starts hallucinating!? I really like the thought of this, and I think if you start doing some research on it you might get some ideas!. I don't know, check out some books on drugs, depression, and!.!.!.bad home life, maybe!? Or the ghetto!? Do you get what I mean!? I guess, as long as she doesn't live in the upper crust society, I'm fine with it! :D We have too many of those stories out right now!.!.!. lol and I think you should try some other things out before you go with the romance!. I think that this story could amount to more than a petty paperback romance novel about depression and a guy rescuing her from the horrid depths of her illness yada yada yada!.!.!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com She's depressed from the death of her mother, and becomes addicted to cocaine to help relieve the pain!. She falls in love with a guy that she met, and reveals her cocaine secret to him!. He says that they can't be together until she gets off of drugs!. With an attempt to get healthier and get off the cocaine, her struggles bring her and her boyfriend closer together!. But her boyfriend gets into a car accident, and she slips into an anxiety/depression stage for a while, overdosing!. A sad death occurs and the people around her will miss her ever so dearly!. You may not want to use that idea, but with any idea you use, be sure to be very descriptive!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com when you say "goes into depression cause she thinks she sees her mom", maybe that she's a teenage girl whos life is just getting worse, and the her mum(sorry that's just how we spell mom here in NZ) dies!.then she takes drugs coz she think it will help, but then she realized she's wrong!.she's really depressed and "sees" her mum and her mun gives her advice and stuff so she solved her problem!.!.!.!.!.!? sorry if that sound really weird and stupid!.its just an idea of mine :)Www@QuestionHome@Com Ahhh, she falls in love with a hallucination on drug trips!. Then in rehab, without the drugs, she slips into depression!.Www@QuestionHome@Com How about the girl falls in love and the guy finds out she's on drugs, and he says he won't stay with her unless she gets off them!Www@QuestionHome@Com Having never been on drugs myself, I can't help much!. However, I suggest that you try to map out your story first of all!. You need to plan out how everything will work BEFORE you start writing it!. I'm sure you know this already, but mapping it out can help you to get your ideas into place, like how you'll start and vaguely what happens, and how you'll finish!. That way, you can sort of fill in the blanks afterwards!. I would advise you to do a bit of research on the effedts of hallucinogenic drugs before you start writing, as that can really affect your story!. Hope that helps, and good luck with your story! :) Okay, one idea, (although maybe not too constructive); usually when you're tripping, as far as I know, everything seams kind of surreal and happy!. So I don't know if she would be depressed while on drugs!. Afterwards, however, she could be unable to get more of whatever it was, because she's convinced that she can talk to her dead mother with the help of drugs!. Gets depressed from withdrawl, being as how she's addicted!. Then she goes to the shelter for dinner, (she's homeless, I think) and meets a "nice" guy, who works there!. You know, good-looking, sincere, non-druggie!. Anyhoo, she's still so depressed and out-of-it when she leaves decides to cut herself and whatnot, but later she manages to get her hands on some more of the drug!. It doesn't relieve her depression, and she still cuts herself!. (nice, eh!?) She's still going back to the shelter for food, and she sees that guy again and again!. Not everyday!. (He only works weekends!? I dunno!.) One day, she's reaching for the food or whatever, and her too-short sleeve pulls up on her arm!. The guy sees a mark on her arm, her self-inflicted wounds!. So afterwards, he corners her and tells her to show him her arms!. And she's ashamed, and won't but he grabs her and pulls back her sleeves!. And he's all horrified and stuff!. SO she's sobbing and sort of half-explains to him that her life is sh**!. And then!.!.!. well you can think of an ending!. Maybe she gets hit by a car on her way out of the shelter, resolved to quit her drugs (for love of the guy, of course), and dies instantly!. That's how I would end it!. ;) Sorry if that was garbled, I just wrote what I was thinking as I thought it!. Hope it gave you some ideas though!Www@QuestionHome@Com |